Residency instructions

Payments

  • Community artists with stipend receive accommodation free of charge, small reimbursement for materials up to 100€/month by against a plan and receipts of bought items. There may be some payments, for example for having all the residence house for one’s own use. RaumArs provides assistance in the implementation and marketing of an art project.
  • independently working artists are required to pay rent for the room.
  • After being chosen to the residency, artists pay 150€ confirmation fee. This ensures the accommodation. Confirmation fee will not be returned. In addition to that, artists are required to pay 120€ (per room) of security deposit, which must be paid 3 (three) full months before the beginning of residency. This amount will be kept as a deposit for cleaning, phone, apartment key, bicycles etc. After writing the necessary reports (contact amounts and feedback) and when the condition of apartment and equipment has been checked, the deposit will be returned. The deposit will not be returned if the artist cancels their arrival (three months or less), discontinues the residency or is absent during the residency.
  • The rent for the first month must be paid before the beginning of the residency period of time.
  • After artist has been chosen for recidency, it is obligatory to immediately give their reply and a signed contract about accepting the residency and informing the date of arriving to the recidence. For an urgent personal circumstance or force majeur situation discussion about changes is possible. We respectfully hope that everyone understands the issue of finding a new artist and starting a new project in a short time is very difficult.
  • Cancellation must be done in written form.

Material costs/production allowances

  • Reimbursable costs (materials, equipment rent etc) must be part of the project the artist creates during the residency and mentioned in the application.
  • Production allowances are part of communal art projects so the artist must have a discussion with the executive manager about acquiring materials for the project.
  • Money will be paid in exchange for receipts which are scanned to PDF-files and must be sent to the executive manager as well as the chairman. If needed, the executive manager can also purchase required materials. Receipts must show what was bought. Costs for items bought from private persons must also be recorded and scanned.

Travel

  • Bus timetables will be found at www.matkahuolto.fi and/or www.onnibus.com
  • Helsinki-Vantaa airport is located 250 km away. From the airport, you can take a local train to the Helsinki railway station, which is 5 minutes away walk to Kamppi, from where the bus leaves for Rauma.
  • There are only a few direct flights to Turku airport (90 km).
  • There is no passenger train service to Rauma, but otherwise we encourage artists to travel by train.
  • Ship/ferry service runs between Stockholm–Turku and Tallinn–Helsinki, see www.vikingline.fi and www.tallink.com
  • Artist will be greeted and collected from Rauma bus station.

Studio

  • RaumArs has no separate working space. If needed (e.g. visual artist who do painting), RaumArs will try to arrange one. This must be discussed beforehand and the working space may have a fee.
  • Some of our partners are equipped with work spaces for wood, painting or textile work.
  • Often working with the people can happen inside schools or similar places, so a studio is not always needed.

Phone

  • RaumArs will provide cellphones with a rechargeable prepaid-sim card. Usage is paid by the artist. Phone number for the artist is +358 (0)46 5269000.

Living in the residency

  • The artist pays for their own travel and living costs as well as the cleaning supplies for the apartment.
  • Residency must be used for work/living at least during the weekdays.
  • The artist or their guests are not insured by RaumArs. The artists themselves must have a valid travel insurance, accident insurance and liability insurance.
  • A fee will be collected from guests who stay at the residency overnight.

Evaluation

  • The artist must write a report on his stay and work and count the number of participants/visitors. At the end of the residency, the artist writes an evaluation on the feedback form found on the website.